Improved belt-reflacer



y nitr gamut @time dtjlliw.

WILLIAM (l. BRIDGES, OF MICHIGAN CITY;INDIANA.v

Late/rs Patent No. 101,978, man April 19, 1870.

-00M- IMPRovnD BELT-REPLACER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Toall who/m. it 'may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. BRIDGES, of Michigan City, in the county of La Porte and State of Indiana, have invented a new and improved Belt- Replacer; and I dohereby declare that the following is af full, clear, and' exact description thereof, which-will enable others skilled in the art to make 'and use the same, reference being had to the accom- .annoyance and loss of time is experienced by such performances. A

My invention consists in the application of a curved semi-annular belt-receiver, which is secured'to a suspended lever in such manner as to conveniently receivevthe belt from the pulley, and reapply it to the same.

Afin' the drawing, represents a semi-annular plate, made of sheet metal or other suitable material. It is made with a projecting flange, a, at one end, and with a shoulder, b, on its convex surface, so that the latter is divided into two sections, c and d, as is clearly shown in the drawing.

On the concave side of the plate A is a socket, e, into which one end of a rod, B, is fitted, and secured by a screw, f.

The other end ofthe rod B is pivoted to a lever, C. which is suspended from the ceiling.

Bars D I), which are also suspended from the ceiling, embrace the rod B, and serve to guide the same.

E' is the pulley. The belt on the -saine can be slipped upon the plate A, by carrying the latter against it, inthe manner shown in fig. 2.

The small part c of the plate A is intended to ellter Within the rim of the`- pulley, the shoulder b to strike the edge, andthe raised part d to be about flush with the outer face of the pulley.

The belt can thus bemoved upon the raised `part d, and is-then carried off the pulley by means of the lever C.

When the belt has been repaired it is again applied' byrholding the shoulder b on'ce more against the edge Y"of the pulley.

i- The belt is wider than the raised part d oi' the replacer, and, as it rests against the flange a, it projects over the part c, as shown, and, therefore, the belt will lap over the pulley, and rest partly .upon the same, when the shoulder b is in contact with the pulley. By rotating the pulley it will be' made to draw thc belt entirely upon it.

`Instead of being strictly semi-annular the plate A i may be made nearly, but not entirely so.

yHaving thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The semi-annular plate A, provided with the shoulder b and ange a, to serve as a belt-replacer, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The 'combination of the lever .O with the rod B and semi-annular plate A, all arranged to constitute a beltreplacer, as set forth. v

WM. C. BRIDGES.

Witnesses BnNJN. ELLIOTT, LARoY ROYCE. 

